What is the difference in urban area over the long-term between Andorra and French Guiana?

2.66 km² per grid cell, with French Guiana ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Andorra and French Guiana?

108 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2025.

Where does this data come from?

HYDE (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as Urban area over the long-term. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Andorra vs French Guiana: Urban area over the long-term

Andorra

49.24 km² per grid cell

in 2025

French Guiana

51.9 km² per grid cell

in 2025

Andorra rank

174th

French Guiana rank

173rd

Urban area over the long-term over time

Andorra
French Guiana

How they compare

French Guiana currently reports 51.9 km² per grid cell against 49.24 km² per grid cell in Andorra, a difference of 2.66 km² per grid cell.

That makes French Guiana's figure about 1.1 times Andorra's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 108 shared years of data; in 1000 it was French Guiana ahead.

Andorra ranks 174th and French Guiana ranks 173rd of 202 countries.

Across the 40 decades both report, Andorra averaged higher in 31 and French Guiana in 9.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Andorra	French Guiana	Difference	Ahead
1000s	0 km² per grid cell	0 km² per grid cell	0 km² per grid cell	French Guiana
1100s	0 km² per grid cell	0 km² per grid cell	0 km² per grid cell	French Guiana
1200s	0.0001 km² per grid cell	0.0001 km² per grid cell	0 km² per grid cell	French Guiana
1300s	0.0003 km² per grid cell	0.0004 km² per grid cell	0.0001 km² per grid cell	French Guiana
1400s	0.001 km² per grid cell	0.0015 km² per grid cell	0.0004 km² per grid cell	French Guiana
1500s	0.0031 km² per grid cell	0.0048 km² per grid cell	0.0016 km² per grid cell	French Guiana
1600s	0.0096 km² per grid cell	0.0157 km² per grid cell	0.006 km² per grid cell	French Guiana
1700s	0.0294 km² per grid cell	0.0512 km² per grid cell	0.0218 km² per grid cell	French Guiana
1710s	0.0777 km² per grid cell	0.0641 km² per grid cell	0.0136 km² per grid cell	Andorra
1720s	0.1311 km² per grid cell	0.078 km² per grid cell	0.053 km² per grid cell	Andorra
1730s	0.1898 km² per grid cell	0.095 km² per grid cell	0.0948 km² per grid cell	Andorra
1740s	0.2543 km² per grid cell	0.1156 km² per grid cell	0.1388 km² per grid cell	Andorra
1750s	0.3251 km² per grid cell	0.1406 km² per grid cell	0.1845 km² per grid cell	Andorra
1760s	0.4027 km² per grid cell	0.1711 km² per grid cell	0.2316 km² per grid cell	Andorra
1770s	0.4876 km² per grid cell	0.2082 km² per grid cell	0.2793 km² per grid cell	Andorra
1780s	0.5802 km² per grid cell	0.2534 km² per grid cell	0.3268 km² per grid cell	Andorra
1790s	0.6812 km² per grid cell	0.3084 km² per grid cell	0.3728 km² per grid cell	Andorra
1800s	0.7913 km² per grid cell	0.3753 km² per grid cell	0.416 km² per grid cell	Andorra
1810s	0.9111 km² per grid cell	0.4567 km² per grid cell	0.4544 km² per grid cell	Andorra
1820s	1.04 km² per grid cell	0.5558 km² per grid cell	0.4855 km² per grid cell	Andorra
1830s	1.18 km² per grid cell	0.6763 km² per grid cell	0.5064 km² per grid cell	Andorra
1840s	1.34 km² per grid cell	0.8229 km² per grid cell	0.5132 km² per grid cell	Andorra
1850s	1.5 km² per grid cell	1 km² per grid cell	0.5019 km² per grid cell	Andorra
1860s	1.68 km² per grid cell	1.21 km² per grid cell	0.4696 km² per grid cell	Andorra
1870s	1.88 km² per grid cell	1.46 km² per grid cell	0.4202 km² per grid cell	Andorra
1880s	2.09 km² per grid cell	1.71 km² per grid cell	0.378 km² per grid cell	Andorra
1890s	2.31 km² per grid cell	1.91 km² per grid cell	0.4013 km² per grid cell	Andorra
1900s	2.55 km² per grid cell	1.99 km² per grid cell	0.557 km² per grid cell	Andorra
1910s	2.77 km² per grid cell	1.99 km² per grid cell	0.7791 km² per grid cell	Andorra
1920s	2.89 km² per grid cell	1.99 km² per grid cell	0.8942 km² per grid cell	Andorra
1930s	2.89 km² per grid cell	1.99 km² per grid cell	0.8942 km² per grid cell	Andorra
1940s	2.89 km² per grid cell	1.99 km² per grid cell	0.8942 km² per grid cell	Andorra
1950s	3.24 km² per grid cell	2.59 km² per grid cell	0.6476 km² per grid cell	Andorra
1960s	6.88 km² per grid cell	4.11 km² per grid cell	2.78 km² per grid cell	Andorra
1970s	13.27 km² per grid cell	6.26 km² per grid cell	7 km² per grid cell	Andorra
1980s	21.73 km² per grid cell	10.8 km² per grid cell	10.93 km² per grid cell	Andorra
1990s	32 km² per grid cell	18.41 km² per grid cell	13.58 km² per grid cell	Andorra
2000s	42.55 km² per grid cell	28.75 km² per grid cell	13.8 km² per grid cell	Andorra
2010s	47.41 km² per grid cell	40 km² per grid cell	7.41 km² per grid cell	Andorra
2020s	48.39 km² per grid cell	48.96 km² per grid cell	0.5688 km² per grid cell	French Guiana

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher urban area over the long-term, Andorra or French Guiana?: French Guiana, at 51.9 km² per grid cell against 49.24 km² per grid cell in Andorra as of 2025.
What is the difference in urban area over the long-term between Andorra and French Guiana?: 2.66 km² per grid cell, with French Guiana ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Andorra and French Guiana?: 108 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2025.
How do Andorra and French Guiana rank globally for urban area over the long-term?: Andorra ranks 174th and French Guiana ranks 173rd of 202 countries.
Where does this data come from?: HYDE (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as Urban area over the long-term. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator: Urban area over the long-term
Unit: km² per grid cell
Source: HYDE (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 202 places, 21,816 data points, 1000–2025
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Total built-up area of a country over time.